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Jeff Chambers

Bass Violin

Jeff Chambers

Known as one of the foremost bassists in the country, he has played with great jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Les McCann, Benny Carter, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Henderson, Dakota Staton, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Joe Williams, Kenny Burrell etc..

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Biography

Chambers began his career in Milwaukee on the electric bass with the renowned pianist and vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery. Since then, Chambers has toured all over the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, Russia, Australia and Japan, performing with many of the world’s most prominent jazz musicians. He has played at venues such as the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland); Concord Jazz Festival (CA); Monterey Jazz Festival (CA); Fujitsu Jazz Festival (Japan), and the Newport Jazz Festival (RI) just to name a few. Now known as one of the foremost bassists in the country, he has played with great jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Les McCann, Benny Carter, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Henderson, Dakota Staton, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Joe Williams, Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Nat Adderley, Milt Jackson, Larry Coryell, Abbey Lincoln, Ernestine Anderson, Don Cherry, Clifford Jordan, Slide Hampton, Mel Lewis, Archie Shepp, Cedar Walton, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ahmad Jamal, and many others. He is currently working with Marlena Shaw and beginning to headline his own band. Chambers has recorded with Bobby Hutcherson, Charlie Rouse, Buddy Montgomery, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Harris, Al Jarreau, Dizzy Gillespie, Marlena Shaw, Freddie Cole, Ahmad Jamal, and many others. Chambers has also worked in video and film. He appeared in M.C. Hammer’s video, Here Comes the Hammer, 1991; performed All the Way with Jeffrey Osborne in the soundtrack for the film, Dying Young, 1991; appeared in Whoopie Goldberg’s Sister Act, 1991; performed with Keanu Reeves in Sweet November, 2001; and is featured on a Delta Dental television commercial.